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CHAPTER V
“This is one of my favorite
haunts, but it’s a little dark for
reading now. ’ He patted the seat
beside him. “Come and join me
lor awhile.”
“You are tired, arent you?”!
he persisted.
“In away. Emotionally wrung
out, I guess. Something quite
strange happened to me today j
and I dont know what to do
about it.”
“Perhaps talking will help.”
She said nothing at first and j
he waited silently, the glow of
his pipe as he drew on it out-!
lining his rugged features. Then
she began telling him of Oakhart
and the reading of the will.
“This is a problem,” he agreed
when she was through.
For long moments neither;
spoke. Janet relaxed. Even!
though telling him about it had
solved nothing, still it seemed to
help. When he did speak, his
deep voice seemed struggling to
suppress excitement . . .
“Janet, do you like nursing as
much as I think you do?”
“How much do you think I do?”
she countered.
“Well, let’s put it this way: You
are a pretty girl of more than
average intelligence, yet you
must be around twenty-four.
Doesn’t that prove that you’ve
found a satisfaction in your work
that love so far hasn’t been able
to displace?”
“You’re very frank.”
He chuckled. “I suspect you
mean tactless. But I'm leading
up to something and I want you
to face the facts.”
“What do you mean?”
“I think I told you I am more !
interested in pediatrics than any
other branch of medicine under |
irv eye continually not just
treat them when they come here
h. desperation.”
■ Y°s. I understand that.”
“Would you consider turning
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Oakhart into a children’s sani
tarium?”
“Why, I hadn’t thought about
it, Richard.”
■lt sounds liKe an ideal spot.”
‘But you don’t understand —
Oakhart is mine, and the money
to pay certain taxes and upkeep,
but I have no money to make an i
investment such as you suggest.”
“That’s where I come in.”
“You, Richard?”
“We might be able to do it to
gether. I’ve saved some of my
salary, enough to pay for medi- :
cal supplies and hospital beds,j
and paying patients would carry!
it along. Os course, we’d be lucky !
to even at first.”
Some of his enthusiasm trans-I
mitted itself to her. She smiled
at nis eagerness. “You sound al- |
most as though you’d been plan
ning this.’
“I have —for years, but I never !
thought the opportunity would,
come.” I
“But you’ve never seen Oak-.
hart.”
“You’ve told me about it, hav
en’t you?”
“Yes, but I haven’t seen the
top story myself.”
His big hand closed convulsive
ly over hers. “Lord, Janet, hav
en’t I told you enough? Can’t I
make you see what this would
mean?”
Suddenly his voice dropped.
I'm being presumptuous. Per
naps you are not interested —aft-
er all, I can’t expect everyone to
feel the way I do about this;
thing—” j
“I understand, Richard, and 11
think it’s wonderful, too. It’s, I
well, it’s just rather overwhelm- !
ing. that’s all.” i
“There’s another thing—” He;
seemed rather embarrassed now[
-nd unsure of himself. “Well,
this is more personal, Janet, I
■’on’t quite know how to put j
it ...” i
She waited tensely, little
dreaming what influence his
next words were to have on her
life.
♦ * *
“Cliff. I have something to tell
you.”
Janet clasped her hands, mak-!
ing an actual physical effort to
remain calm, although her heart
was thudding like a trip-ham
mer.
“What is it?” He looked up
from the desk in his bubby-hole
i of an office, all the sulkiness of
their last meeting apparently dis
’ sipated.
“Richard Eynon and I are go
ing to be married.”
“You’re a month late for April
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Fool, Janet,” he said dryly.
“I am not fooling.”
He stood up then and walked
around the desk until he faced
her. His hands gripped her shoul
ders and he leaned closer staring
directly into her eyes. What he
saw there made him swear softly.
“Lord, Janet what are you
trying to do to me?”
“Nothing, Cliff, nothing. I don’t
want to hurt you, but I was
afraid of hurting you more if you
heard it from someone else.”
“What am I supposed to think?
Two weeks ago you told me you
didn’t love him, that he hardly
knew you were alive.”
“So much has happened since
then.” . .
“Evidently.” He turned his
back on her, staring out his small
window at an opposite wing of
the hospital.
“Do you want me to tell you.
Cliff?”
“Confession is good for the
soul, isn’t it?” HTs voice was
tight with sarcasm.
“Please don’t take that atti
tude,” Janet pleaded. “I am
ashamed of nothing I’m doing.
When you hear about it perhaps
you’ll understand.”
“All right then, but make it
short; I’m not made of iron.”
She studied his broad shoul
ders encased in his professional
starched jacket, wishing he
would turn and face her.
“It’s this way. Cliff, Richard
and I are going to turn Oakhart
into a private hospital for con
valescent children. Since we are
going to run it together and will
not be able to afford much help
at first, we thought that for the
sake of appearances it would be
better if we were married.”
“But, Janet, that’s horrible
why marry at all?”
“I’ve just told you—we’re start
ing this on a shoe string. You
know people talk. Do you think
parents would send their chil
dren to a home where the doctor
and head nurse shared the same
roof unmarried?”
“Well, why not?”
“Because people just aren’t
that broad-minded. If we had a
large staff of assistants it would
be different.”-
“I suppose that’s true. Do vou
love him?”
“You asked me that before ”
“As you say, things have
changed since then.”
“Nooo —but I like him. The im
portant point is, Cliff, that I’m
terribly interested in medicine
and getting established in it and
Richard is too.”
“How long do you think you
can keep it up?”
“What?”
“Before that old devil sex rears
his ugly head?”
She colored slightly. “That
won’t come into it at all. This is
a business venture altogether.”
Cliff shook his head in an ex
aggerated gesture. “You’re so
wrong.”
“Ye Gods!" He gave a sharp
laugh then took her hands in his
... “I still love you, Janet. Why
couldn’t you have married me if
you were going to marry?”
“Because you don’t want to
run a home for convalescent chil
dren, Cliff, and Richard does.”
“No—you’re right there. I can’t
think of anything more tedious
If I’m going to be anything, it’s
a surgeon. But I won’t give up
hope, Janet. You may have had
enough of this ‘business arrange
ment’ in a year or so, and I’ll still
be around. Being the wife of
a rising young surgeon wouldn’t
be so bad, etither.”
“I realize that, Cliff, and I
know you’ll succeed too.”
“Well, that’s more than I know,
but at least I won’t have to strug
gle financially—my old man took
care of that.”
Maybe it would be better if you
weren’t so secure, she thought:
maybe if you had to struggle a
little. . . .
He was still holding her hands,
staring into her face now as
though the next time he saw her
it would have changed.
“Janet, you don’t think you’ve
been maneuvered into something,
do you?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, it seems to me that Ey
non was awfully Johnny-on-the
spot.”
“He said it was a wonderful
opportunity himself.”
“I know, but don’t you think
he was too prepared, too ready
and waiting? He may have heard
all about the terms of old Harti
gan’s will from Dr. Farquhar. The
chief undoubtedly knew right af
er the old man’s death, because
Prentice told him and Eynon’s
been going over to the Farquhars
an awful lot. I used to think it
was because of Naomi, but now
I realize it must have been some
other reason.”
She wished he hadn’t said that.
If it were so it meant that their
dinner at the Maison Mourney
had been a part of a plan. Last
night on the terrace Richard had
seemed so ready with his scheme
as though he had been contem-
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curable brain tumor, Nancy Henderson, 7, whose father is a master
sergeant at Camp Lee. Va., is shown at her home at Burlington. Va.,
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the Red Cross from soldiers and friends at Camp Lee.
plating it for weeks. But it could'
not be true —Richard wasn’t like
that.
“Can’t you see what a wonder
ful plum this is for him, Janet?”
Cliff persisted. “If he lived a hun-1
dred years he wouldn’t have!
enough money as a general prac
tioner to buy a place like Oak
hart and start in on his own.”
“But he said all that himself. I
Cliff he hasn’t tried to hide
anything.” Unaccountably she ■
felt close to tears.
“And he’s getting you as part
of the bargain!” Cliff Bronson’s |
tone was bitter.
The words made her resentful.
It was unsporting of him to un
dermine her confidence in Rich
ard. to suggest that all he want
ed was her money and her nurs
ing ability.
“Please, Cliff—it’s all settled
now, we’ve looked at it from ev
ery angle and reached our de
cision.”
“Isn’t there anything I can say
to stop you?”
“Nothing. It means my future
happiness, Cliff.”
z “Your happiness?” His lips
tightened. "All right, Janet, go
ahead and God bless you. But
you're going to regret it bitterly,
and when you do —remember, I’ll
still be here.”
(To Be Continued)
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